How to Safely Preserve Old Letters

How to Preserve Old Letters

Old letters are precious family heirlooms. Here are a few easy steps you can take to preserve them for future generations.

Online Course: Become a Family History Detective

In this 4-week course lead by Sunny Jane Morton, you’ll learn analysis skills to assess each record and build a better understanding of your family history. You'll find the steps you need to gather sufficient evidence, fill in missing information and discover additional techniques that will improve your research and increase your knowledge. 

Free Marriage Records Index Form Download

Celebrate your ancestors’ love by recording the day they started a life together on this free marriage index worksheet.

Best Family History Projects eBook

These simple family history projects will help you use your research in new and exciting ways, with practical tips and strategies for crafting ancestor-related home decor, printing decorative family trees, writing family stories, and more. You can also get the whole family excited about ancestry with this eBook’s family-friendly genealogy projects for kids and those not (yet) interested in research, plus tips for preserving family recipes and ideas for genealogy gifts.

Premium: A Brief History of Marriage Records and Customs

Genealogists treasure handwritten letters because they reflect ancestors’ thoughts and experiences in their own words, on paper they handled. Correspondence provides a rare personal connection with ancestors. Whether you inherit Grandma’s missives or find your Civil War soldier’s last letter home in a public archive, here’s how to preserve these writings as part of your family history.

Family Tree on YouTube: Becoming a Forensic Genetic Genealogist

Have you ever wondered what it would take to become a forensic genealogist? In this episode, Dr. Claire Glynn joins us to discuss a new program that trains participants how to apply genetic and traditional genealogy to forensic investigations.